HuntCatoosaWMA

OHV: 4th Sat Aug – 2nd Sun Jun

Travel and access

Catoosa allows several ways in, each under its own rules. Getting these wrong is how a good trip turns into a citation.

Catoosa Wildlife Management Area permits various modes of travel under specific regulations, both to protect the ground and to keep people out of each other's way during hunts.

4th Sat Aug – 2nd Sun Jun

OHV, bicycle & hooved animal use

  • Permitted only for people holding a valid hunting and fishing license plus a WMA permit, or a High Impact Habitat Conservation Permit.
  • OHVs are allowed from the fourth Saturday in August through the second Sunday in June.
  • Entry for all three is only allowed through gated TWRA access points.

Closed during big game hunts

Access restrictions

  • During big game hunts the area is open only to legal big game hunt participants. Guides are prohibited on all hunts.
  • Unauthorized entry or presence is prohibited between sunrise and sunset.

Feb 1 – last Friday in March

Winter closure

  • Catoosa closes to all users from February 1 through the last Friday in March.
  • Two exceptions: Cumberland Trail corridor users and walk-in anglers; and walk-in hunters and trappers, permitted February 1 through the last day of February.
  • The area is separately closed to all hunting from March 1 through the fourth Friday in August, except during turkey and spring squirrel seasons.

Open year-round

Cumberland Trail corridor

  • Cumberland Trail corridor users are one of the two stated exceptions to the February 1 through last-Friday-in-March closure, alongside walk-in anglers.
  • During all deer, turkey and wild hog control hunts, everyone within the corridor must wear blaze orange or pink and remain within 100 feet on either side of the trail.

Please follow all posted rules and regulations. They exist to protect the area and everyone using it.